This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
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The Wondrous Cross
Dec
26
2013
For an upcoming project of sorts, I wanted to find some hymns in a file format that was easily readable by both people and computers. I found the Open Hymnal website, which provides a lot of hymns in ABC format.
To repay Brian J. Dumont for his services, I encoded When I Survey the Wondrous Cross with three different tunes. I picked that one because I noticed the version he had on his website was the wrong tune. Or rather, a tune unfamiliar to me. So I put together an ABC file with it in the right tune. And our hymnal has it set to two different tunes, so I put together the second ABC file. And, while researching the hymn, I saw that it is commonly set to yet another tune. So I setup that ABC file too. I sent the files to Mr. Dumont, but they are not on the website yet. Until then, here are links to the files:
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Hamburg)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (O Waly Waly)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Duke Street)
But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:14 am and has been carefully placed in the Projects category.
December 27th, 2013 at 11:43 am
One of the best hymns ever. It was actually quite common to have the same words set to different tunes. Just for fun, if you ever get a chance to pick a song during a church service pick a popular hymn that’s set to a less commonly used tune. It’s fun to watch everyone start out so awkwardly.
It’s probably not very worshipful, but fun, nonetheless.